Posts Tagged ‘Amazon.com’
When is Amazon liable for selling, warehousing, and delivering counterfeit medical devices?
A whistleblower complaint alleges that counterfeit and misbranded diabetes medical devices were being sold by third-party vendor on Amazon and orders were fulfilled by Amazon.com itself.
[...]Dietary Supplement Sold on Amazon Recalled for Containing Prescription Drug Ingredients
Esupplementsales, LLC was informed by Amazon that laboratory analysis has found the product to be tainted with tadalafil, an ingredient known as a phosphodiesterase (PDE-5) inhibitor found in an FDA approved product for the treatment of male erectile dysfunction. The presence of tadalafil in Hard Dawn Rise and Shine Capsules renders the product an unapproved drug for which safety and efficacy have not been established and, therefore, subject to recall.
[...]Maryland Woman Inadvertently Buys Counterfeit Supplements on Amazon.com
Annapolis, Maryland resident Michele Marshall maintains she received counterfeit supplements from Amazon.com. Ms. Marshall purchased a probiotic supplement called Align from Amazon.com in April 2019. The actual seller was a third-party site offering the supplements for sale as a ‘Prime’ purchase, meaning the product is guaranteed to arrive in 2 days and is promoted among the first offering seen by Amazon customers when they conduct a product search.
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